Registered Pharmacist

Additional Considerations (if Any)

At Hy-Vee, our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

About the role

Job Title: Registered Pharmacist
Department: Pharmacy
FSLA: Non-Exempt

Responsibilities

• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible.
• Assists customers by escorting them to the products they’re looking for, securing products that are out of reach, loading or unloading heavy items, making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests, performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call.
• Assists with controlled substance inventory on an annual basis or as recommended.
• Assists with inventory control, maintaining inventory levels by ordering and stocking merchandise, checking invoices, and entering inventory information into the computer.
• Assists with coaching, counseling, and training employees; participates in additional education and training.
• Assists HBC manager with ordering and merchandising OTC’s.
• Fills and/or verifies prescriptions and counsels patients according to OBRA ’90 regulations.
• Assists with reconciliation and balancing of 3rd party accounts.
• Visits schools, doctors’ offices, senior centers, etc. to market services.
• Builds growth and sales through counseling and wellness programs.
• Follows security and regulatory procedures including Quality Assurance Programs.
• Assumes the responsibility for the department in the absence of the pharmacy manager.
• Maintains a professional appearance, i.e. clean lab coat and name tag.
• Communicates continually with pharmacy manager about any procedural changes, issues, or corporate communications.
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time.

Qualifications

• College degree and licensure in pharmacy.
• Must have continuing education to maintain license.
• Six months to a year of similar or related work experience.
• Medication Therapy Management (MTM) preferred.
• Ability to administer immunizations.

Skills

• Logical or scientific thinking to solve problems.
• Arithmetic calculations involving arithmetic, algebraic and geometric calculations.
• Original correspondence.
• Technical manuals.
• Contact with people.
• Counseling or advising people.
• Evaluating technical data.

Worker Characteristics

• Ability to do logical or scientific thinking to solve problems.
• Ability to do arithmetic calculations involving arithmetic, algebraic and geometric calculations.
• Able to compose original correspondence.
• Able to follow technical manuals.
• Able to have increased contact with people.
• Able to interview counsel or advise people.
• Able to evaluate technical data.

Education and Experience

• College degree and licensure in pharmacy.
• Must have continuing education to maintain license.
• Six months to a year of similar or related work experience.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to physically exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, 10 pounds of force frequently, and a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• Visual requirements include vision from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with or without correction, depth perception, color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), and field of vision.
• Must be able to perform the following physical activities: Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

Working Conditions

• Frequent exposure to a fast work pace in a retail store setting.
• Occasional exposure to dangerous chemicals/solvents while compounding products and chemotherapy drugs.

Equipment Used to Perform Job

• PC with pharmacy software and printer.
• Cash register.
• Pharmacy balance.
• Scanner.
• Calculator.
• Telephone.
• Fax.
• Copier.

Financial Responsibility

• Is fully responsible for company assets including prescription inventory, third party accounts receivable, pharmacy computer and software, and pharmacy fixtures.
• Has full authority, within reasonable limits, to purchase inventory for the pharmacy.

Contacts

• Daily contact with customers, general public, and suppliers/vendors, and pharmacy operations support staff.
• Occasional contact with community or trade/professional organizations and federal/state governmental or regulatory agencies.

Confidentiality

• Maintains the confidentiality of the customer’s private medical information according to the HIPAA act.
• Maintains the confidentiality of prescription drug pricing and costs.

Pre-Employment Drug Screen

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.